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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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